"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
Laylah Ali
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EPISODE: "Power" | The artists in “Power” challenge authority, oppression, and control. Each artist humanizes difficult issues by acting as a witness to violence,... | 0:00 | 09/16/2005 |
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SEGMENT: Laylah Ali in "Power" | Working in extremely detailed paintings that take months to create, Laylah Ali combines cartoon and folkloric aesthetics to explore notions of... | 0:00 | 09/16/2005 |
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SHORT: Laylah Ali: Television | In her Williamstown, Massachusetts studio, artist Laylah Ali describes how the television cartoons she watched as a child inform the way she works... | 1:54 | 07/30/2009 |
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SHORT: Laylah Ali: Designer Nicole Parente | Artist Laylah Ali and graphic designer Nicole Parente work together in the designer's home office in Cambridge, MA. The artist's hand-drawn notes are... | 2:03 | 06/11/2009 |
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SHORT: Laylah Ali: Newspaper Clippings | In her Williamstown, MA studio, artist Laylah Ali discusses her system of organizing newspaper clippings, which includes photographs of swimmer... | 2:51 | 02/04/2009 |
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SHORT: Laylah Ali: Meaning | While painting in her Williamstown, Massachusetts studio, artist Laylah Ali discusses the imperative she feels to make things and the nuanced... | 2:58 | 09/17/2009 |
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SHORT: Laylah Ali: Choreographer Dean Moss | Dancer/choreographer Dean Moss discusses his collaboration with visual artist Laylah Ali, entitled "figures on a field" (2005). This behind-the-... | 5:29 | 09/03/2010 |
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TRAILER: Season 3 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" (2005) | Trailer for Season 3 of the Peabody Award-winning series, "Art in the Twenty-First Century" (premiered Fall 2005 on PBS). Season 3 features... | 8:48 | 09/01/2005 |
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